Topical/Civil War
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Who Was Harriet Tubman?
$6.99 Add to cartBorn a slave in Maryland, Harriet Tubman knew first-hand what it meant to be someone’s property; she was whipped by owners and almost killed by an overseer. It was from other field hands that she firs… [more below]
- Series: Who Was?
- Author: McDonough, Yona Zeldis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: September 03 2019
- ISBN10: 059309722X
- Language: English
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Sheridan’s Secret Mission: How the South Won the War After the Civil War
$30.00 Read moreA deeply researched, narrative history recounting the little-known late-Reconstruction era mission of General Philip Sheridan, a Union Army hero dispatched to the South ten years after the Civil War t
- Author: Cwiklik, Robert
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: January 16 2024
- ISBN10: 0062950649
- Language: English
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Little Women: The Original Classic Novel Featuring Photos from the Film!
$18.99 Add to cartThis keepsake edition of the classic novel Little Women is illustrated with gorgeous black-and-white photos from the award-winning film starring Timoth? Chalamet, Chris Cooper, Laura Dern, Louis Garre
- Author: Alcott, Louisa May
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: November 05 2019
- ISBN10: 1419741209
- Language: English
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All Good in the Hood
$18.99 Add to cartThis bounce-to-the-beat picture book by America’s favorite rapping teacher from Chicago is a tribute to the sights and sounds of a city neighborhood and the special bond between brothers as they help
- Author: Reed, Dwayne
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: May 23, 2023
- ISBN10: 0316461989
- Language: English
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Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
$24.99 Add to cartOne of the most influential books of the past fifty years, Team of Rivals is Pulitzer Prize-winning author and esteemed presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin’s modern classic about the political… [more below]
- Author: Goodwin, Doris Kearns
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 944
- Publish Date: September 26 2006
- ISBN10: 0743270754
- Language: English
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You, Me, and Ulysses S. Grant: A Farcical Biography
$32.99 Add to cartTaking the accessible, pop history of Coe’s You Never Forget Your First and adding a healthy dose of nerdy, punk humor, You, Me, and Ulysses S. Grant is for both history and humor readers alike. This
- Author: Neely, Brad
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: January 23, 2024
- ISBN10: 1684429757
- Language: English
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Before the Movement: The Hidden History of Black Civil Rights
$35.00 Add to cartThe familiar story of civil rights goes like this: once, America’s legal system shut Black people out and refused to recognize their rights, their basic human dignity, or even their very lives. When l
- Author: Penningroth, Dylan C.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: September 26, 2023
- ISBN10: 1324093102
- Language: English
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The Immortal Irishman: The Irish Revolutionary Who Became an American Hero
$22.99 Add to cartIn the New York Times bestseller The Immortal Irishman, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Timothy Egan illuminates the dawn of the great Irish American story, with all its twists and triumphs, through the
- Author: Egan, Timothy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: March 07, 2017
- ISBN10: 0544944836
- Language: English
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The American Queen
$18.99 Add to cartThere is only one known queen who truly ruled a kingdom on American soil.
Transformative and breathtakingly honest, The American Queen is based on actual events that occurred between 1865 – 1889 and s
- Author: Miller, Vanessa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: January 30 2024
- ISBN10: 0840708874
- Language: English
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A River Between Us
$15.99 Add to cartCora Mae Stewart’s world collapses when Sherman destroys the Georgia cotton mill where she works and has her arrested for treason and sent North. Faced with impossible choices, she does what she must
- Author: Green, Jocelyn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: October 03, 2023
- ISBN10: 1625862555
- Language: English
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Gone with the Wind
$35.00 Add to cartSince its original publication in 1936, Gone With the Wind–winner of the Pulitzer Prize and one of the bestselling novels of all time–has been heralded by readers everywhere as The Great American No… [more below]
- Author: Mitchell, Margaret
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 1048
- Publish Date: September 01 1936
- ISBN10: 068483068X
- Language: English
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
$4.50 Add to cartFormer slave, impassioned abolitionist, brilliant writer, newspaper editor and eloquent orator whose speeches fired the abolitionist cause, Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) led an astounding life. Physi
- Series: Dover Thrift Editions
- Author: Douglass, Frederick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: April 13, 1995
- ISBN10: 0486284999
- Language: English
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The Other Princess: A Novel of Queen Victoria’s Goddaughter
$19.99 Add to cartA stunning portrait of an African princess raised in Queen Victoria’s court and adapting to life in Victorian England–based on the real-life story of a recently rediscovered historical figure, Sarah
- Author: Bryce, Denny S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: October 03 2023
- ISBN10: 0063144123
- Language: English
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When the Jessamine Grows: A Captivating Historical Novel Perfect for Book Clubs
$18.95 Add to cartFrom the author of The Saints of Swallow Hill, an evocative, morally complex novel set in rural 19th century North Carolina, as one woman fights to keep her family united, her farm running, and her co… [more below]
- Author: Everhart, Donna
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: January 23 2024
- ISBN10: 149674070X
- Language: English
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Horse
$30.00 Add to cart“Brooks’ chronological and cross-disciplinary leaps are thrilling.” —The New York Times Book Review
“Horse isn’t just an animal story–it’s a moving narrative about race and art.” —TIME
“A thrilling- Author: Brooks, Geraldine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: June 21, 2022
- ISBN10: 0593556488
- Language: English
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Mischievous Creatures: The Forgotten Sisters Who Transformed Early American Science
$32.50 Add to cartThe untold story of two sisters whose discoveries sped the growth of American science in the nineteenth century, combining “meticulous research and sensitive storytelling” (Janice P. Nimura, New York … [more below]
- Author: McNeur, Catherine
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: October 31 2023
- ISBN10: 1541674170
- Language: English
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Emma
$25.00 Add to cartChiltern Publishing was formed in 2018 with a vision to create the most beautiful classics. Jane Austen’s original books (particularly Pride and Prejudice) from the 1800s were our inspiration. So, usi
- Series: Chiltern Classic
- Author: Austen, Jane
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: October 01 2019
- ISBN10: 1912714264
- Language: English
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Our Ancient Faith: Lincoln, Democracy, and the American Experiment
$30.00 Add to cartAn intimate study of Abraham Lincoln’s powerful vision of democracy, which guided him through the Civil War and is still relevant today–by a best-selling historian and three-time winner of the Lincol… [more below]
- Author: Guelzo, Allen C.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: February 06, 2024
- ISBN10: 0593534441
- Language: English
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March: Pulitzer Prize Winner (a Novel)
$18.00 Add to cartWinner of the Pulitzer Prize–a powerful love story set against the backdrop of the Civil War, from the author of The Secret Chord.
From Louisa May Alcott’s beloved classic Little Women, Geraldine Bro- Author: Brooks, Geraldine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: February 01, 2006
- ISBN10: 0143036661
- Language: English
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Grant
$24.00 Add to cartThe #1 New York Times bestseller and New York Times Book Review 10 Best Books of 2017
“Eminently readable but thick with import . . . Grant hits like a Mack truck of knowledge.” —Ta-Nehisi Coates, Th- Author: Chernow, Ron
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 1104
- Publish Date: September 25, 2018
- ISBN10: 0143110632
- Language: English
